Hattersley, C.W.

The Baganda at Home. With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda.

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1908. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 227 pages. 80 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and designs on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding firm and strong. Foxing to edges and interior. Interior unmarked.

Includes, for example, the following: Changes in King and Court – The Uganda Railway – King Mwanga – Kiwewa’s slaughter of his Kin – King Daudi as a Speaker / Changes in Rule and Administration – The British East Africa Company – Colonel Sadler – Mr Winson Churchill’s Visit – Empire Day / The Land and Its Products – Temperature and Rainfall – The Advantages of Black Skin – Food Supply – The Rubber Industry – Tea Planting – Tobacco Cultivation – Ivory – Gold – The Botanical Gardens / How the People Live – Origin of the Baganda – The Wahuma Theory – Mtesa’s Harem – The Position of Women – The Training of Children – The Katikiro’s Home – Plantain and Banana Distinguished – Mohammedan Custom – The Native Attitude towards Work / The Sleeping Sickness and Its Victims – Filaria perstans – European Deaths – Koch’s Investigations – Segregation Camps – Fighting the ‘Kivu’ Fly / Travel Talk – Mombasa and Kilindini – A Kavirondo Market – Cape to Cairo Railway – The Transcontinental Telegraph / Education and the People – The Mission Ideal – The Root of Ethiopianism -Uganda free from it / Religion in Uganda – The First Church – A Polygamist’s Plea – Marriage Vows – The Bride’s Mourning for Herself – Roman Catholic Missions Mohammedanism etc.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africa, East · Africa, Eastern · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Anthropology · British · British Dominions · British East Africa · British Empire · Christianity · colonial · Colonialism · East Africa · Ethnography · Ethnology · Funerals and Burials, Rituals etc · Islam · Islamic Culture · Native, Rituals and Customs · Natives · Religion · Religion and Culture · Religion, Primitive · Ritual · Tradition · Traditions · Uganda
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120218AB

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